Card or sheet holder for type-writing machines.



No. 737,835. PATENTED SEPT. 1,1903.. H. J. HALLE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIIEAM JOSEPH HALLE, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSICNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To ELLIOTT-FISHER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OE DELAWARE.

CARD OR SHEET HOLDER FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 737,835, dated September 1, 1903,

Application led October 7, 1899. Serial No. 732,921. (No model.)

To lil/ZZ whom it mln/y concern:

Beit known that I, HIEAM JOSEPH HALLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Oard Or Sheet Holder for Type-Writing Machines, of which the following isa specilication.

This invention relates to a card or sheet holder1 for use in connection With that class of type-writing machines which print upon a sheet or page in a at condition.

The invention primarily contemplates a card or sheet holding attachment which provides simple and efficient means for holding the card or sheet to be printed upon in a perfectly flat condition and in such relation to the machine and its platen as to permit of the writing being placed upon any portion of the card or sheet within the side and end mar gins thereof.

While the device contemplated by the invention provides for properly holding a card, envelop, or, in fact, any sheet to be printed upon in a dat condition, still the invention is largely intended to facilitate printing any desired data upon indexcards, such as are used in the well-known card system of indexing. This card system of indexing is now very extensively resorted to in libraries, banks, insurance offices, and mercantile houses, and while there are many different varieties of index-cards now upon the market, yet a perfectly fiat condition of such cards must always be maintained to permit them to serve their proper functions in the file or box with which they are associated. Therefore it is quite essential, if not absolutely so, that index-cards shall at all times be kept in a perfectly flat condition, as to bend them in the slightest degree, particularly as is necessary when they are printed upon in any letter-type-writing machine having a cylindrical paper-roll, greatly interferes with their usefulness. It is well understood that indexcards w hen once bent always have a tendency to curl up, and even though this may be slight, yet when fingering the cards in the box or filo-case one card may be a trifle lower of these cards also have projections at the top to denote divisions of various kinds, and upon Ythese projections or tabs writing must be placed.

All of the foregoing conditions of the different varieties of index-cards and therequirements of such cards are met by the present invention, which provides means for accurately printing upon the card irrespective of its size or shape. In short, the instrumentalities constituting the present invention provide means for holding the card or sheet in a perfectly dat condition, permitting the card or sheet to be written upon at any point, Whether it be on the main body thereof or on any projection or tab, insuring a maximum speed in writing upon the cards or sheets on account of the minimum amount of handling required, and also provide suitable adjustments for the diiferent parts, whereby any size or shape of cards or sheets may be employed in connection with the attachment.

A further object o'f the invention is to provide simple and eflicient means for disposing of the cards or sheets after being` written upon; also, preferably in connection with these means to make provision for turning the cards or sheets face downward, so that when gathered from the receiver the same can be readily compared in regular consecutive order instead of backward, as would be the to permit the rapid feeding of the cards or sheets into the said holding-guides or guide-V ways. The use of this magazine in connection with the main holding-guides or guideways of the device is intended to save the time which the operator would necessarily lose in picking up individual cards or sheets from a pack, while at the same time facilitating the direct insertion of the individual cards or sheets into the entrances of the holding-guides or guideways.

With these and many other objects in View, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and

claimed. The instrnmentalities comprising the invention and the fundamental features of the latter are necessarily susceptible of a wide range of modification without departing from the sphere or scope of the invention; but the preferred embodiment of the same is shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a type-writingmachine platen equipped with a card or sheet holder embodying the present invention, showing the proper relative position of the type-writing machine in dotted lines, and also showing an index-card in place for being printed upon. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal s'ectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 1, illustrating the platen associated with a support which provides one means for permitting the cards or sheets to be dropped below the platen after being printed upon. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of'a platen equipped with a pair of holding-guides, showing one of the simplest embodiments of the invention and also illustrating these guides associated with the drop-opening in the platen through which the printed cards or sheets may be dropped. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing a modification in which a plain drop-opening is formed in the platen Without the use of the trip-ledge for turning the cards. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing the means for varying the width of the drop-opening, and also for turning the cards face downward after being printed upon. Fig. 6 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the invention in one of its simplest forms, such embodiment involving the direct attachment of the holding-guides to the platen irrespective of card-rails or any means for dropping the printed cards through and below the platen. Fig. 7 is a plan View of another modification of the invention involving a duplex arrangement of the guides, whereby a plurality of cards or sheets may be held on the platen in proper position for being printed upon and also illustrating the guides extended the full length of the platen to increase the printing area. Fig. 8 is a detail in perspective 'of one of the holding-guides. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail cross-sectional view of the form of guide shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view of one of the machine-stops associated with the main guide-rail and adjustable thereon to provide for arresting the machine in a position for the first writing-line on the card or sheet without the use of the line-nder. Fig. 1l is a plan view showing a modification in which the holding-guides are associated directly with the main track-rails of the machine. Fig. 12 is a detail in perspective showing a holding-guidecarried by and fitted to one of the card-rails. Fig. 13 is a plan View similar to Fig. 1, showing a preferable form of magazine and one way of supporting the same in place in operative relation to the platen and theholding-guidesassociatedtherewith. Fig. 14 is a sectional View on the line 14 14 of Fig. 13. Fig. 15 is a similar view on the line 15 15 of Fig. 13. Fig. 16 is an enlarged detail sectional ViewA showing the contiguous yportions of the machine-platen and the magazine and illustrating more plainly the continuity of the guideways of the magazine and those for holding the card or sheet upon the platen. Fig. 17 is a detail sectional view showing more plainly the rabbeted formation of the guideways of the magazine.

The gist of the present invention resides in the employment of holding-guides 6, arranged in one or more pairs in proper relation to the machine and its platen and having means for engaging the edges of the card or sheet to guide the same to the proper position for being-printed upon and also servingto guide the printed card or sheet beyond the printing area of the platen, which area necessarily varies, according to the length of the guides and the interval between the same, as\will be hereinafter more fully explained. In the simpler forms of the inventiona pair of holding guides 6 are used and are arranged in substantial parallelism, respectively, at opposite sides of the printing area and preferably upon thel top surface of the platen; but inasmuch as the cards or index-sheets are printed upon one at a time it is not necessary for the successful carrying ont of the invention that the holding-guidesextend the whole length of the platen. In other words, the printing area for an ordinary index-card is comparatively small as compared to the usual size of an ordinary platen, and consequently the holding-guides may be constructed in lengths commensurate with this printing area and even extended the .full length of the platen, as suggested in some of the modifications hereinafter referred to. This is, however, unimportant, as the essential feature remains theV same-that is, the arrangement of the holding-guides at opposite sides of the printing area of the platen. The holdingguides 6 may be formed in various ways so long as the same are provided with means for engaging with the opposite end edges of the index cards or sheets to hold the same in a perfectly fiat condition upon the platen and IIO fiat condition.

permitting of the printing being done on any portion of the card or sheet, including any tabs or projections. However, a practical mechanical construction ofthe holding-guide is shown in the drawings, and this form of guide will serve to illustrate the features which are essential to provide for properly holding the index card or sheet upon the platen. One of the holding-guides 6 is illustrated in detail in Figs. S and 9 of the drawings, and this guide is shown as essentially consisting of a fiat body strip or plate, of metal or other suitable material, and which strip or body-plate is provided at one edge with a guideway 7, closed at the upper and lower sides thereof to form a complete housing for the edge of the card or sheet slidably engaging therein, and, as shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings, the guideway at one edge of the body strip or plate of the holding-guide is preferably of a U shape in cross-section, as such shape of guideway has been found to firmly hold the edges of the card or sheet, while at the same time readily permitting the latter to be placed in position and removed when printed upon, although it will be understood that any shape of guideway closed at the upper and lower sides, so as to offer no obstruction to the free adjustment of the card or sheet, while at the same time holding it in a perfectly fiat condition, will answer the purposes of the present invention.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The card or sheet holder forming the subject-matter of the present invention is not necessarily confined to any particular kind of type-writing machine, because it obviously could be adapted for use with any typewriter which permits of the machine printing upon the sheetI in a flat condition; but in order to plainly set forth the construction and use of the invention the same is illustrated in the drawings as associated with a Fisher type-writing machine and its platen, such as are now on the market. This machine is largely intended for writing in books, on let-` ter-sheets, and for making up records and reports, and inasmuch as Vthe same provides for printing upon the page or sheet in a Afiat condition it is necessarily well adapted for printing upon the flat index-cards used in the card system of indexing, especially since such cards must at all times be kept in a perfectly A type of the Fisher type- Writing machine is disclosed in the patent to R. J. Fisher, No. 573,868, and this machine involves in its general organization a traveling machine-frame l, provided with suitable guides for the movable carriage 2 and designed to work upon the main track-rails 3, which are provided with the usual racks for engagement with the pinions of the line-spacing mechanism. This machine structure located above the platen is variously known in the art as the traveling machine or the traveling type-carriage, and these terms will therefore be employed in the succeeding description and claims. The said main trackrails 3 are adapted to be placed upon the fiat platen 4 and to subserve the same function as the corresponding parts disclosed in the aforesaid patent to R. J. Fisher. The main track-rails 3 for the type-writing machine are provided with the usual studs or projections cooperating with a series of adj ustment-holes 5, formed in the platen at the opposite ends thereof to provide means whereby the main track-rails may be shifted laterally upon the platen and held at any adjusted position according to the requirements of the work.

The foregoing features of construction are distinctive features of the Fisher type-writing machine and form no 4part of the present invention except in association with the working parts of the card or sheet holder, which, however, lnay be readily combined with any type-writing machine that prints upon the sheet in a flat condition; yet the part-s of the Fisher type-writing machine referred to will serve to illustrate the utility of the invention and a practical method of applying it for use. The longitudinal guideway 7 at the edge of the holding guide-strip 6 is preferably, though not necessarily, open at both ends to permit of the ready entrance and delivery of the card or sheet; but to facilitate the entrance of the individual cards or sheets the guideway preferably terminates short of the front end ofthe IOO holding guide-strip, and beyond the front end of the gudeway the guide-strip is provided with an elevated entrance-guide S. The elevated entrance-guide 8 may constitute an integral part of the holding guide-strip; but the manner of associating said elevated entranceguide with the holding guide-strip is quite immaterial, as the essential feature is to provide an entranceguidein connection with the guide-strip that will facilitate the rapid handling of the card or sheet and provide for positively and accurately guiding itinto the guideway of the holding-guide without any special care or attention. To secure this result, the body of the elevated guide 8 is preferably constructed at its rear end with a deiiector portion 9, having at its under side a curved face 10, leading downwardly and rearwardly into the guideway 7, and in addition to the delicotor portion 9 the elevated'entrance-guide Sis beveled upon its inner surface to form an oblique receiving iange l1, which assists in causing the card or sheet to pass beneath the guiding-faces l0 of the deflectors 9 as soon as the card or sheet is dropped upon the platen.

The specific details referred to in connection with the elevated entrance-guide 8 might not be fully carried out in the practical use of the invention, as the essential features thereof reside in the elevated or flanged portion and a suitable deflecting portion which provides a mouth or channel tapering into the guideway to facilitate the entrance of the card or sheet, and it may also be observed at n or'sheet to be printed upon.

this point that the elevated guide of each guide-strip may be struck up from sheet metal or constructed in any desired manner without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. While the guideway 7 preferably has the front end thereof terminate at the elevated entrance-guide 8, the lower wall of the guideway is extended forward, as at 12, to form an extended guide-ledge cooperating with the anges 11 and blocks 9 to insure the entrance of the card or sheet within the guideway 7 without possibility of buckling or bending thereof.

In addition to the features of construction already described each of the holding-guides 6 is provided with a friction-retaining spring 13, which may be cut out from the upper wall of the guideway 7, as suggested by the construction shown in the drawings, or may be a separate piece or arranged in any other suitable manner, so as to exert a downward spring-pressure upon the edge of the card or sheet engaged in the guideway, thereby serving to positively retain the card or sheet in position and prevent the sliding thereof during the printing or writing thereon.

With a pair of holding-guides constructed as described arranged upon the platen 4and spaced a distance apart sufficient to receive in the interval therebetween an index-card or other sheet the gilideways 7 of said holding-guides face each other, and thereby respectively receive the opposite end edges of the card or sheet, as plainly illustrated in the drawings, and inasmuch as the printing upon the card or sheet actually takes place between the pair of oppositely-located holding-guides it will be understood that the interval between said guides, whether said guides run the full length of the platen or only a portion thereof, properly constitutes the printing area of the platen.

The specific manner of associating the oppositely -located holding-guides 6 with the machine is not essential to the successful carrying out of the invention, because a great variety of means may be resorted to to properly position the guides, while at the same time permitting of the proper adjustment thereof to suit the size and shape of the card The invention in one aspect simply consists in attaching the holding-guides, irrespective of' the specific construction thereof, directly to the platen.

So the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings shows the invention in one of its simplest forms. In this particular form of the invention a pair of holding-guides is f1tted to the upper writing-surface of the platen 4, and said guides are illustrated as being materially shorter than the entire length of the platen and arranged contiguous to the front ends thereof to provide for holding therebetween the index cards or sheets which are to be printed upon individually and then displaced from the printing position by the succeeding card or sheet. Referring more particularly to the method of attaching the holding-guides 6 directly to the platen, this may be accomplished by means of suitable fastening screws 14, passing through the guides and engaging suitable/openings formed directly in the platen; but as it is necessary to make some provision for accommodating the attachment todifferent sizes and shapes of cards one or both of the holding-guides may be laterally adjustable, although the adjustment of one guide is usually found sufficient for the purpose.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 6 the interval or spacejbetween the two holdingguides may be varied by adjusting one of the guides, which guide is provided at suitable points with transversely-disposed slots 15, one of which receives a fastening-screw 14, which when loosened permits of the said guide being adjusted toward or from the other guide to adjust the interval to suit the size of the card. Sometimes index-cards are not truly rectangular andwould require an oblique adjustment of one or both of the holding-guides, and one expedient for securing this result is shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. This expedient consists in providing the platen 4, contiguous to the front end or edge thereof, with elongated holes or slots,

16, which receive wingbolts 17, passing through the front ends of the holding-guides 6, and thereby enabling such guides to be adjusted to suit any angularity of the cards or sheets, and also permitting of theirlateral adjustment.

While in Figs. 3 and 6 of the drawings the holding-guides 6 are shown applied directly upon the writing-surface of the platen, these guides may be associated with the platen in any practical manner to effect the desired result, and another means of supporting the holding-guides and holding them in proper spaced relation is shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings,in which form of the invention the said holding-guides 6 are applied to the under sides of separate card rails or strips 18, ar-V ranged longitudinally of the platen, upon the upper side thereof. These separate card rails or strips preferably extend the full length of the platen, so that the same may be conveniently held thereon and adjusted laterally in substantially the same manner as the main-track rails 3. To provide for the proper mounting of the separate card-rails 18, it is simply necessary to provide the same at the ends thereof with studs or projections A19, cooperating with the adjustment-holes 5,

formed in the platen at opposite ends thereof, and by reason of this construction and arrangement of parts the card-rails 18 may be adj usted toward and away from each other, with their attached holding-guides 6, to provide for adapting these guides to the particular size or width of the card or sheet to be printed upon. On account of the separate individual adjustment of the card-rails 18 a proper separation of the pair of holding- IOO TIO

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guides 6 may be effected; but in order to secure a nicety of adjustment, which is usually necessary to have the cards or sheets accurately tit in the guides, it is preferable to have one of the guides adjustably fitted to the rail or strip 18, carrying the same. This adjustable mounting of one of the holdingguides 6 is substantially the same as the mounting of the adjustable guide shown in the modification illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings and simply consists in providing the adjustable guide with transversely-disposed slots 15a, receiving the screw-clamping bolts 14, engaging with said slots and also passing through the card-rail18. It will thus be seen that while the card-rail carrying the adjustable holding-guide 6 is capable of independentlateral adjustment upon the platen still said holding-guide also has its own adjustment, so that by loosening or tightening the screw-clamping bolts 14a the interval between the spaced guides may be made to conform accurately to the size of the card or sheet which is to be slid over the platen between the two holding-guides. In the construction just referred to and shown in Fig. 1 both of the holding-guides may be independently adjustable, if desired, as is quite obvious; but

Aonly one of these guides is shown adjustable,

while the other opposite guide is tted rigidly to the under side of its rail or strip 18, so as to be carried therewith.

As suggested by the construction shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the holding-guides 6 may be associated directly with the maintrack rails 3, so as to partake of the adjustment of these rails, while at the same time dispensing with the necessity of employing the separate `card-rails 18, such modification of the invention being shown in Fig. 1l of the drawings.

In the preferred form of the invention only one pair of the holding-guides 6 is employed, and these gu ides usuallyare materially shorter than the platen and are arranged contiguous to the front end thereof, so as to confine therebetween a printing area commensurate with the size of an ordinary index-card; but it may be found desirable in carrying out the invention to employ more than one pair of the holding guides upon the platen and also to have these guides extend the full length of the platen, so that the machine could be carried over a series of cards in succession to print thereon. In this way the printing area would be materially increased and extended practically the entire length of the platen, and one way of securing this result is shown in the modification Fig. 7 of the drawings. In this form of the invention a plurality of cardrails 18, preferably three in number, are employed in addition to the main-track rails 3, and said card-rails extend the full length of the platen and are laterally adjustable thereon in the manner explained in connection with the construction shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In this construction the central card rail or strip 18 has fitted to thevunder i side thereof a holding-guide 6a, which projects beyond both sides thereof and is provided at both edges with guideways constructed similar to those described and paired, respectively, with the holding-guides 6, `fitted t0 the side card-rails 18, thus providing two pairs of holding-guides, respectively, at opposite sides of the central card-rail 18, so that index cards or sheets may be worked upon in the separate printing areas between the side card-rails 18 and the central card-rail conlbinedtherewith. The construction just described also permits of the machine traveling the full length of the platen and printing successively upon a number of cards or sheets should it be desired to operate in this manner; but in utilizing the card-rails and holding-guides extending the full length of the platen, as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, it is necessary to provide a support for the machine beyond the rear end of the platen, and this may be effected by providing the main-track rails 3 at their rear ends with sections 3", braced by means of brackets or other suitable supports and extending beyond the rear end of the platen in substantially the same manner and for the samepurpose as the support disclosed in my former patent, No. 621,660, issued March 21, 1899.

Having shown the various ways in which the holding-guides may be applied to the platen, reference will now be made to the means for properly adjusting the card or sheet so that the printing-point may be located accurately. This result may be accomplished in many ways, one of which is to have a guide mark or marks 2O on the holding.- guide 6 (see Fig. 8) or at some other oonvenient position, so that the operator may quickly slide the cardor sheet into position and stop it when one edge alines with the mark or marks 20; but a preferable way of obtaining this result is through the medium of a pivotally-acting stop device. One form of such a device is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of IIO the drawings, and the same principally conholding-guides, a lever 22, and an operatingkey 23. The stop-pin 21 is pivotally fitted at its lower end to one end of the lever 22, which lever is fulcrumed intermediate of its ends, as at 24, on the pendent supporting-bracket 25, fitted to the under side of the platen, and the end of the lever 23 opposite its connection with the pin 21 has pivotally attached thereto the lower end of a key-stem 26, supporting the operating-key 23 and having arranged thereon a retractile spring 27, whose tension is exerted in the direction to normally hold the upper end ofthe stop-pin flush with or below the writing-surface of the platen, so as to be entirely out of the Way of the cards or sheets, which are moved out of the holding-guides after having been printed upon. When the operator inserts a card or IIS ' leased and the spring 27 retracts the stop-pin out of the path of the card or sheet. As thus positioned the card or sheet is properly placed for the type-writing machine to print Ythereon, and after the printingor writing a succeeding card or sheet inserted through the front entrance-ways of the holding-guides displaces the printed card or sheet and advances it to a position out of the way.

While I do not limit myself to any particular means for arresting the card or sheet or guiding the same to a proper printing position, still some means for accomplishing this result is preferably associated with the attachment, and it is also preferable to provide some means for collecting or disposing of the printed cards or sheets and also provide means for turning the cards face downward after they leave the holding-guides. In some forms 'of the invention, especially the form shown in Fig. 6, the printed cards or sheets are displaced out of the holdingguides 6 and are allowed to accumulate upon the rear portion of the platen, from which they may be collected from time to time; butin the construction shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings the displaced cards or sheets may fall over the rear edge of the platen into suitable receptacles provided therefor, yet a practical way of disposing of the printed cards or sheets and also to provide for the turning -thereof is shown in Figs l, 2, and 3 of the drawings, in which the platen-is illustrated as having cut therein the drop-opening 30. This drop-opening may be arranged in a position slightly in rear of the holding-guides 6, and such guides are of a-shorter length than the platen, so that the printed card or sheet may be readily dropped through the said opening and fall into the receptacle or receiver arranged beneath the same. To provide for arranging a receptacle or receiver below the drop -opening ot' the platen, the latter may be supported in an elevated position above a table 31 by lneans of verti- I cally-adjustable front and rear supports 32,

such as disclosed in my former patent, hereinabove referred to. By supporting the platen in connection with the table shown in my former patent and as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be obvious that the printed cardsy or sheets may be collected and be piled or packed within a separate box or receptacle. In connection with this part of the invention it has been found advantageous to provide means for turning over the printed cards or sheets, so that they will collect in the receptacle or receiver face downward, by reason of which whenc, they are gathered up out of the receptacles or receivers the same can be readily .compared and checked off in regular consecutive order instead of backward, as would be the case if each card written upon faced upward on top of the card preceding it. One expedient for attaining this end is shown in Figs. l and2 of the drawings, and the same consists of a tripledge 33, tted to the underside of the platen below the rear edge of the drop-opening 30. The trip-ledge 33 projectsa su flicient distance toward the front edge ofthe drop-opening 30 so that when a card or sheet is displaced from the holding-guides 6 and falls into the said opening the rear edge of said card is necessarily caused to strike against'and turn upon theledge 33 asa fulcrum-point, thus causing the card to turn upon itself or iiop over and fall face downward into the box or receptacle or upon any support that may be located beneath the drop-opening 30 in the platen. Another way of accomplishing the same result is suggested in Fig. 4 of the drawings, in which the drop-opening '30 has no separate trip-ledge associated therewith, but is of a narrower width than the card or sheet to be printed upon, so that the rear edge of said opening (designated bythe reference-number 3W) constitutes a tripping-point, inasmuch as when the printed card or sheet passes out of the holding-guides 6 the rear edge thereof will then be upon the rear edge 30a of the drop-opening 30, so that the front edge of the card or sheet is free to fall into the opening, thus causing the turning or flopping over of the card or sheet. Also an adj ustable plate 3l maybe seatedin the platen at the rear edge of the openin'g 30 and flush with the top writing-surfaces of the platen, as shownin Fig. 5 of the drawings. By means of suitable screws or other connections for adjustably holding the plate 34; in position the front edge of this plate may bevmoved toward or from the opposite edge of the dropopening 30, and thereby serve to vary the size of said opening to suit the size of the card or sheet as well as to constitute a trip-ledge for turning or flopping over the printed card or sheet. Various other expedients may be resorted to for varying the size of the dropopening 30, as well as tripping the printed card or sheet, without departing from the spirit or scope of this invention, as will be well understood by those skilled in the art. In certain figures of the drawings (see particularly Fig. 2) is vshown a Vertical stopflange associated with the trip-ledge to arrest the card or sheet in proper position to be turned. This stop is no part of my invention, however, and is not claimed in this application, either broadly or in combination with the trip.

Another feature of the invention is to provide means for arresting the type-writing machine in a position for the rst'writingline without using the line-finder of the machine. This may be accomplished by means of suitably-arranged stops for arresting the IOO machine when moved back over the platen .upon the track-rails. These stops may be associated directly with the platen, the trackrails, or with the machine-support, and one way of securing the stoppage of the machine at the proper pointon its backward movement is to employ a pair of stop-blocks 35, adj-ustably mounted on the main-track rails As shown in the drawings, these stop-blocks 35 are provided in their under sides with grooves which receive the main-track rails 3 and also have adjustably mounted therein the screws 37, the heads of which are arranged to -project into the plane of the grooves 36, so as to engage in the notches of the track-rails 3, and thus hold the stop-blocks in position thereon to prevent movement when struck or engaged by the traveling "frame, of the typewriting machine on its backward movement. It will thus be seen that thelstops by means of the screws 37 are individually adjustable when placed in a fixed position upon the maintrack rails to insure the stoppage of the machine in a position for the first writing-line on the card or sheet without resorting to the use of the line-finder of the machine. Of course other types of stops could be combined with the main-track rails and even with theplaten or machine-table to secure the same result, so I do not wish to be limited to any specific form of stop for arresting the backward movement of the type-writing machine. The specific retaining and adjusting means for the machine-stops is no part of my invention and is not claimed herein.

It has already been explained that the speciiic manner of associating the oppositelylocated holding-guides with the machine is not essential to the successful carrying out of the invention, inasmuch as the gist of the latter resides in the employment of holdingguides arranged in one or more pairs in proper relation to the machine and its platen and having means for engaging the edges of the card or sheet to guide the same to the correct position for being printed upon and at the same time hold the card or sheet i'n a perfectly flat and unbent condition. Therefore while in the preferred forms of the invention the same has been described and illustrated in the nature of an attachment for the fiat platen of a type-writing machine, still it Will be understood that I do not desire to restrict the invention to such application, as the parts constituting the attachment could obviously be applied to a part of a'type-writing machine proper or its frame without disturbing' thel relative positioning thereof with reference to the printing area of the platen, and hence without affecting the successful carrying out of the invention along the lines herein indicated. In this connection it may be noted that another form of the Fisher type-writing machine is disclosed in the patent to R. J. Fisher, No. 569,491, issued October 13, 1896, and this machine includes a letter-platen having a flat writing-surface and arranged with a secondary set of rails and a secondary frame which provide for holding the machine stationary and causing the operation of the linespacer to feed the paper to the machine, and inasmuch as in some forms ofthe invention the holding-guides are attached to the rails upon which the machine proper is placed, as fully shown in Fig. 1l of the drawings, it will be obvious that the attachment could be readily associated with the construction of Fisher machine just referred to. This use of the invention is perfectly obvious by reference `to said Fig. 11 of the drawings, as such use simply involves the type carriage or machine remaining stationary over the holding-guides 6, and consequently it would be immaterial whether the holding-guides were held on the bottom of the machine-frame or on the platen; but with the machine or type-carriage maintaining a stationary or iixed relation to the holding-guides the cards would have to be fed through the guides by hand to secure the necessary line-spacing of the writing or other expediente resorted to for the same purpose. In short, I claim, broadly, the idea of arranging one or more pairs of holding-guides in proper relation to the machine proper and its dat platen to provide for engaging the edges of the card or sheet to guide the same to the prin ting-point and also to hold the card or sheet in a perfectly dat condition, irrespective of the fact whether said guides are fitted directly or indirectly to either any part of the machine proper or to its platen. Furthermore, I claim, broadly, the use of card or sheet holding guides arranged in a plane between the writing-surface of the platen and the type-carriage irrespective of the specific form of said guides.

In the forms of the invention already described it is necessary for the operator to take the individual cards or sheets from the pack, which is placed upon the table or at some other point within convenient reach, and insert them into the entrance-guides 8 of the holding-guides G. This operation is necessarily attended with some objections, the most important of which are the loss of time involved and the liability of bending or otherwise injuring the card or sheet to be printed upon. To obviate these objections, it isone of the objects of the present invention to combine with the holding-guides a magaziner for containing a quantity of the cards or sheets to facilitate the rapid feeding thereof, and also to provide for holding them in proper condition, and alsoinsuring their positive and direct insertion into the main holding-guides or guideways of the device. way of applying this magazine for use is shown in Figs. 13 to- 1G, inclusive, of the drawings, and referring more particularly to the construction of magazine illustrated it is to be noted that the same is preferably made in the form of a hopper 40, having a magazine-compartment 4l of a sufficient-size and depth to hold a pack or quantity of the cards A preferable' IOC IIO

or sheets to be printed upon. The magazinecompartment 41 ofthe hopper is open at the top to'expose the uppermost card or sheet and at its upper side or end edges is provided withtheoverhangingguide-llanges42. These guide-anges 42 are adapted to be engaged by the edges of the uppermost card or sheet and are rabbeted at their under sides, as at 43, to form guideways, which are adapted to aline precisely with those of the holdingguides 6, as will be hereinafter more fully eX- plained. The rabbeted under sides 43 of the overhanging guide-fianges 42 of the magazine-compartment provide a clearance for the uppermost card or sheet over the top edge of the closed side wall 44 of the hopper, which is arranged to lie next to the front edge of the platen 4. It will thus be seen that the magazine-compartment of the hopper is provided at the upper side or end edges thereof with guideways corresponding to those associated with the platen in the manner previously described, and to provide for normally pressing the pack of cards or sheets upward and holding the uppermost card or sheet against the overhanging guide-flanges 42 the magazine-compartment 41 has arranged therein a vertically-movable dat platen 45, which is sustained by the pressure-springs 46, interposed between the under side thereof and the bottom of the compartment 41. A pair of the pressure-springs 46 is employed, which are shown as duplicates of each other, being bowed and joined together between their ends by rivets or other suitable means, as indicated at 47. The duplicate bowed pressuresprings are reversely arranged, so that the free terminals of the upper spring will bear against the under side of the follower 45, While the corresponding terminals of the lower spring will bearagainst the bottom of vthe magazine-compartment, and to provide for properly retaining the springs in the working position'the same are formed with longitudinal slots 48, so that their ends may be slidably and loosely engaged with the angled y or offset keepers 49, formed at the ends of retaining-strips 50, secured, respectively, to

I the under side of the follower and the upper side of the bottom of the magazine-compartment 41. By reason of the construction and arrangement of the springs, as specified, the said springs normally exert an upward strain or pressure upon the follower to provide for holding the latter against the pack of cards or-sheets, so that there will always be a card or sheet held against the under side of the guide-flanges 42 in proper position for being slid over the upper edge of the hopper-wall 44 and into the guideways of the holdingguides 6.

The hopper 40 may be held in proper position by vari/,ous means without departing from the spirit of the invention, as the essential feature of the combination simply resides in so disposing and supporting the hop- `trance to the holding-guides.

per that the uppermost card or sheet therein shall lie inA a continuous plane with the en- Way of supporting the hopper in suoli a position is shown in Figs. 13, 14, and 15 of the drawings, which method of support involves constructingy the hopper with a pair of oppositely-arranged supporting-arms 51, extending, respectively, from opposite ends of the hopper-body in a plane, substantially Hush with the top thereof and provided at their eX- tremities with upturned flanges 52, adapted to engage at one side of the projecting front ends 3b of the main-track rails 3. The said oppositelyarranged supporting-arms 51 are adapted to lie beneath the projecting front ends 3b of the main-track rails 'and may be conveniently held thereto by set-screws 53 or other suitable fasteners. This provides a convenient and practical way of supporting the hopper in place, inasmuch as in the Fisher type-writer machine the main-track rails 3 are usually constructed to project slightly beyond the front edge of the platen to accommodate the full movement of the machine thereover; but it will of course be understood that any other suitable means for sustaining the hopper-for instance, by attaching it directly to the holding-guides or to the platenmay be resorted to without affecting the utility'of the magazine in the slightest degree. With the hopper supported in the position described the wall 44 thereof will be held directly against the front edge of the platen, so that the guideways of the hopper and those associated with the platen will form direct continuations thereof, and thereby permit of the rapid feeding of the cards or sheets in the manner contemplated. By reason of this alinement of the guideways the hopper-guideways constitute entrance-guides for the guides extending over the platen. In order that the hopper mayconform in every respect to the adjustment of the holding-guides, the connections with the track-rails or other points may be adjustable, and the magazine-compartment 41 may be constructed with an adjustable end wall 54, whose adjustment would correspond to that of the adjustable holding-guide in the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 13 of the drawings. The adjustable end wall 54 carries at the upper end thereof one of the guide-flanges 42 and is also provided with upper and lower fastening-plates 55 and 56, which respectively slidably lit upon one of the supporting-arms 51 and an extension of the bottom of the magazine-compartment, as plainly shown in Fig. 14 of the drawings. The fastening-plates 55 Aand 56 of the adjustable end wall are slotted to receive set-screws 57, which provide for holding the same fast when adjusted to suit the size and shape of the cards or sheets and to correspond with the adjustmentof the adjustable holding guide or guides.

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be utilized so long as the relative positioning of the guideways thereof to those of the holding-guides is not disturbed.

It should be noted that in its broader' aspects the present application is generic to my c0- pending application, Serial No. 22,206, filed June 30, 1900.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, use, and advantages of the herein-decribed card orsheetholder willbe readily apparent without further description, and as the essential or fundamental features of the invention have been plainly indicated herein it will be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the printing mechanism arranged thereover, of a holder interposed in a plane between the-printing mechanism and the writing-surface of the platen, said holder having guiding and holding means for the edges of a card or sheet.

2. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, the printing mechanism arranged thereover, and the main tracks or guides for said printing mechanism, of a card or sheet holder interposed in a plane between said main tracks or guides and also in a plane between the printing mechanism and the writing-surface of the platen, said holder having means for engaging opposite edges of a card or sheet.

3. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the I'lat platen, and the printing mechanism arranged thereover, of work-holding members interposed in a plane between the printing mechanism and the writing-surface of the platen, and disposed in opposite relation, said work-holding members having guiding.r and holding means for the edges of a card or sheet.

4. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the main tracks or guides for the type-carriage, of work-holding members arranged in a plane between said tracks or guides for the carriage and disposed in opposite relation, said work-holding members having guiding and holding means for the edges of a card or sheet.

5. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the dat platen, and the type-carriage supported thereon, of a card or sheet holder comprising guideways for the edges of the card or sheet, the said guideways being disposed at opposite sides of the printing area of the platen and interposed in a plane between the carriage and the writing-surface of the platen.

6. In a type-writing machine, the combination with .the fiat platen, and the traveling type-carriage supported thereon,of card-holding guideways arranged t0 have the carriage 8. In a type-writing machine, the combina- A tion with the iiat platen, and th'e traveling type-carriage working thereover, of cardholding guideways arranged below the plane of the type-carriage and transversely adjustable with-relation to the platen.

9. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the type-carriage supported thereon, of card-holding guides arranged in a plane between the carriage and the platen, and having an individual lateral adjustment.

10. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the traveling type-carriage supported thereon, of separate spaced card-holding guides held upon the writing-surface of the platen below the plane of the carriage, and confining therebetween the printing space or area for the card or sheet.

1l. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the Hat platen, and the traveling machine supported thereon, of card-holding guideways arranged in a plane between the carriage and the platen and having a transverse and an angular adjustment.

12. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the iiat platen, the adjustable track-rails, and the traveling machine supported on said rails, of card-holding guides having an adjustment corresponding to the adjustment of said track-rails.

13. A flat platen for type-writing machines, provided with track rails for the traveling machine, and with card-guides secured upon the platen between the track-rails, and having the form of thin metal strips to permit the machine to travel freely thereover.

14. A iat platen for type-writing machines, provided with trackrails for the traveling machine, and with longitudinal card-guides secured to the platen between the rails, said guides having the form of thin strips to permit the machine to travel freely there fer, and having their opposed edges arrang d to receive and guide a card or the like.

15. A i'lat platen for type-writing machines, provided with track-rails for the traveling machine, and with longitudinal card-guides secured to the platen between the rails, said card-guides having the form of thin metal strips to permit the machine to travel freely thereover, and provided along their opposed edges with guideways closed at the upper and lower sides thereof to form complete housings for the edges of the card or sheet slidably engaging the guides.

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nation with the flatplaten and the traveling machine supported thereon, of card rails` or strips arranged in spaced relation upon the platen, and adapted to have the machine travel thereover, and holding-guides litted to the card-rails and arranged in a plane between the machine and the writing-surface of the platen.

17,. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the tlat platen and the traveling machine arranged thereover, of spaced card rails or strips adjustably mounted upon the platen and having the machine traveling thereover, and holding-guides fitted to said rails and partaking of their adjustment.

18. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the iiat platen and the traveling machine, of card rails or strips adjustably mounted upon the platen and arranged to have the machine travel thereon, and separate holding-guides tted to said rails and partaking of their adjustment, one of said holding-guides being adjustable independently of the rail with which it is associated.

19. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the traveling type-carriage supported thereon,of card-holding guideways located at opposite sides of the printing area of the platen below the plane of the type-carriage, and entrance-guides in communication with the front ends of said guideways.

20. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the type-carriage supported thereon, of spaced card or sheet holding guides applied to the upper side of the platen below the plane of the typecarriage, and each provided with a longitudinal guideway, and an entrance-guide in communication with the front end of the guideway,

21. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the type-carriage supported thereon, of spaced card or sheet holding guides disposed below the plane of the type-carriage and each provided at one edge with a longitudinal guideway, and an elevated entrance-guide arranged at the front end of said guideway and having a deflector formed with a face leading directly into-vthe guideway.

22. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the dat platen, and the type-carriage supported thereon, of spaced card or sheet holding `guides applied to the upper side of the platen below the plane ofthe typecarriage, and each provided at one edge with a longitudinal guideway, and an elevated entrance-guide arranged at the front end of said guideway, and having a deliector formed with a face leading directly into the guideway.

23. A flat platen for type-writing machines, provided with track-rails for the traveling machines, and with longitudinal cardguides secured to the platen between the rails and having the form of thin metal strips arranged to lap opposite edges of a card or the like and to permit the machine to travel freely thereover, and entrance-guides which facilitate the v entrance of the cards to their proper positions between the card-guides.

24. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the traveling machine supported thereon, of spaced holding-guides applied to the upper side of the platen, below the plane of the machine, and each consisting of a strip provided at one edge with a longitudinal guideway closed at its upper and lower sides, the lower wall of said guideway being extended to form a front guide-ledge, and an elevated entrance-guide arranged beyond the front end of the guideway, and consisting of a piece having aninclined receiving-Hange, and in advance of said flange, a deflector having a detlecting face leading directly into the guideway.

25. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the fiat platen, and the machine supported thereon, of spaced card or sheet holding guides disposed below the plane of the type-carriage and each provided with a longitudinal guideway, an entrance-guide in communication with the guideway, and a frictional retaining device retaining the edge of the card or sheet.

26. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the type-carriage supported thereon, of spaced card or sheet holding guides applied to the upper side of the platen below the plane of the typecarriage, and each provided with a longitudinal guideway, an entrance-guide in communication with the guideway, and a frictional retaining device engaging with the edge of the card or sheet.

27. A hat platen for type-writing machines, provided with track-rails for the traveling machine, and with card-guides secured to the platen between the rails to permit the machine to travel thereover, and a spring disposed to bear upon a card located between the guides to retain said card in the printing position.

28. A fiat platen for type-writing machines, provided withtrack-rails for the traveling machine, and vwith card-guides located between the rails to permit the machine to travel thereover, and a card-retaining spring located in one wall of a guide and disposed to bear upon a card to retain it in proper position.

29. A f'lat platen'for type-writing machines, provided with track-rails for the traveling machine, and with intermediate longitudinallydisposed card-guides secured to the platen to permit the machine to travel thereover, one of said guides having a cut-out portion, and a card-retaining spring located therein.

30. A flat platen for type-writing machines having track-rails for the traveling machine, and intermediate longitudinally disposed card-guides, said card-guides having the form of thin metal strips to permit the machine to IOO IIO

travel freely thereover and arranged to rei ceive and guide a card or the like, each of said card-guides being provided with a cardretaining spring having one end rigid with the guide and its opposite end disposed to bear upon a card.

31. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the [iat platen, and the traveling machine supported thereon, of spaced holding-guides applied to the upper side of the platen below the plane of the machine, and each consisting of a strip provided at one edge with a guideway closed at its upper and lower sides, the upper wall of the guideway being formed with a friction-spring to normally press upon the card or sheet engaged in the guideway, and an elevated entranceguide arranged at the front end of the strip and provided with a detlector having a face leading directly into the guideway.

32. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the dat platen, and the machine supported thereover, of card or sheet holding guides arranged upon the platen, and a stop arranged to arrest the card or sheet at the printing position, substantially as described.

33. In a type-writing machine, the combination with they platen, and the track-rails for the traveling machine, of awork-holder, and a stop for arresting the work-sheet at the proper point, said stop being removable from the path of the work-sheet.

34. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the platen, and the machine rails or guides, of a work-holder having guiding and holding means for the work, and an adjustable stop arranged to arrest the work at the proper printing position, said stop being arranged between the track-rails.

35. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen and the traveling machine supported thereon, of spaced card or sheet holding guides arranged upon the platen and having guideways for the edges of the card or sheet, and a manually-operated stop adapted to be projected into the path of the card or sheet to arrest the latter at the printing position.

36. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the ilat platen, and the track-rails for the traveling machine, of a stop disposed normally in a plane below the writing-surface of the platen and arranged to be projected into the path of Work located above the writing-surface.

37. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the platen, and the track-rails for the traveling machine, of a work-holder for the work, and a stop for arresting the card or sheet at the proper printing position, said stop being movable to a position below the plane of the writing-surface.

38. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the platen, and the track-rails for the traveling machine, of a work-holder for the Work, and an automatically-disappearing stop for arresting the card or sheet at the proper printing position.

39. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the .flat platen, of a work-holder for the work, an automatically-disappearing stop for arresting the work at the proper printing position, and means for manually moving the stop into operative position.

40. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the platen, and the track-rails for the traveling machine, of a swinging stop normally located in a plane below the writing-surface of the platen and arranged to be swung upwardly for the purpose of projecting the stop into the path of the work disposed above the writing-surface.

4l. The combination of a flat platen for type-Writing machines, card or sheet holding guides associated with the platen and the typecarriage, and means for causing the printed card or sheet to turn over, face downward, after leaving the holding-guides.

42. A dat platen for type-writing machines having a drop-opening for the printed card or sheet, holding-guides leading to said opening, and means for causing the card or sheet to turn over, face downward,at`ter leaving the holding-guides.

43. A fiat platen for type-writing machines provided therein with a drop-opening for the printed card orsheet,holdingguides arranged upon the upper side of the platen and leading to said opening, and a trip engaging with the printed card or sheet to turn'the same over, face downward, as the same passes through the drop-opening.

44. A flat platen for type-writing machines, and a Work-holder having guides leading to the edge of the platen, and an adjustable trip element movable toward and from said edge.

45. A fiat platen for type-writing machines, provided with a drop-opening t-o receive the printed card or sheet, a Work-holder having guides leading to said opening, an adjustable trip element, and means for holding said trip element in its adjusted position.

46. A flat platen for type-writing machines, provided with a drop-opening to receive the printed card or sheet, a work-holder having guiding means for the work, and a trip element adjustable across the plane of the opening in a direction toward and from theworkholder.

47. In a type-writing machine, the combination with a fiat platen, and the track-rails for the traveling machine, of card-guides between the machine and the platen, a receptacle to receive the cards from the guides, and a trip device .intermediate of the receptacle and guides to turn the cards face downward.

48. Ailat platen for type-writing machines provided with a drop-opening to receive the printed card or sheet, holding-guides leading to said opening, and means for varying the printing area, and machine-stops arranged inv position for arresting the backward movement of the type-writingmachine in position for the first Writing-line.

50. The combination of a flat platen for type-writing machines, holding-guides associated with the platen at opposite sides of the printing area, and adjustable stops arranged in position for arresting the backward movement of the type-writing machine in position for the first Writing-line.

51. The combination with the Iiat platen and the track-rails for type-writing machines, of holding-guides associated with the platen, and adjustable stops mounted on and engaging with the-track-rails and arranged in position for arresting the backward movement of the machine.

52. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the dat platen, and the traveling machine supported thereon, of card or sheet holding guideways interposed in a plane between the type-carriage and the writing-surface of the platen,and a card or sheet magazine having separate guideways for the individual cards or sheets, said separate guideways being in communication with those for holding the card or sheet upon the platen.

53. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the fiat platen, and the type-carriage supported thereon, of card or sheet holding guideways arranged in a plane between the type-carriage and the platen, and a card or sheet magazine having guideways or the individual cards or sheets directly adjoining vand alining with those for holding the card or sheet upon the platen.

54. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the iat platen, and the traveling machine supported thereon, of holding-guides arranged in a plane between the machine and the platen, and a magazine supported from the front of the platen and having guideways directly alining with said holding-guides.

55. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the machine supported thereon,of holding-guides disposed at opposite sides of the printing area of the platen, and a magazine pendent from and supported against the front edge of the platen, and having at the upper side thereof guideways alining with said holding-guides.

56. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the traveling machine supported thereon, of holding-guides disposed at opposite sides of the printing area of the platen and having a relatively transverse adjustment, and. a magazine having guideways alining with said holding-guides and also relatively adjustable to correspond tothe adjustment of said guides.

57. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, and the machine supported thereon, ofholding-guides disposed at opposite sides of the printing area` of the platen, and a magazine arranged at the front of the platen, said magazine consisting of a hopper having a magazine-compartment open at the top, and provided at the upper side or end edges thereof with overhanging guideways `alining and communicating with the holding-guides.

58. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the fiat platen, and the machine supported thereon, of holding-guides disposed at opposite sides of the printing area of the platen, and a magazine arranged at the front of the platen, said magazine consisting of a` hopper having a magazine-compartment open at the top, said hopper being further provided with supporting members, guideways overhanging the compartment at the upper side or end edges thereof, and means for yieldingly supporting a pack of cards or sheets with the uppermost card or sheet engaged in the guideways.

59. In a card or sheet holder for type-Writing machines including a iiat platen, the combination of the holding-guides disposed respectively at opposite sides of the printing varea of the platen, and a magazine supported at the front edge of the platen, said magazine consisting of a hopper provided with a magazine-compartment and oppositely-extending supporting members, said hopper being further provided with guideways overhanging the magazine-compartment at the upper side or end edges thereof, and aliningwith the holding-guides, an adjustable end wall for said compartment, and a spring-elevated, vertically-movable follower arranged within the magazine-compartment.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HIRAM JOSEPH HALLE.

Witnesses:

A. E. FEIHL, G. R. SHANE.

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